A DALMUIR man who attacked two people at a shop has been ordered to give back to the community as his punishment.

Jason Sharp, of Dumbarton Road, Dalmuir, previously admitted assaulting the two men at the U Save store just a few doors away from his home on September 28, 2019.

He seized the first by the body, pushed him on the body, caused him to fall to the ground and pinned him down.

The 47-year-old seized the second man by the body, pushed him on the body, caused him to fall to the ground, seized him by the head and repeatedly struck him on the head with his head to his severe injury.

At Dumbarton Sheriff Court (below right) last week, fiscal depute Alasdair Millar said the “severe injury” referred to was a dislocated shoulder.

The court heard that at around 7.45pm that night, Sharp entered the store, saw the first man and grabbed him, throwing him to the floor and landing on him. He only released his victim when staff intervened.

A few moments later, outside the shop, Sharp walked into the path of the second man and grabbed him too, slamming him against a shop window before sending him to the ground, landing on him and headbutting him.

The second victim spent two days in hospital for his injury.

Defence solicitor Brian McGuire apologised to the court for a missing comma in the amended charge because he had been distracted on the day before lockdown in March by someone coughing in court and running his hands over the court bannister.

He said the circumstances of Sharp’s assaults were “unfortunate” and there had been “considerable difficulty with neighbours” at his home of 22 years.

Mr McGuire said he had advised his client to call police if he was having issues.

The lawyer said: “He simply lost it. He had just come into the shop. [The second man] was walking along with his Staffordshire terrier.

“It’s a situation where [Sharp] has done all the right things and on this occasion just seems to have lost it.

“There has been no repetition. Nothing has happened since. Sharp has been extremely careful and, in a way, he had been for so many years.”

Sheriff William Gallacher said: “The consequences are horrendous.”

He ordered Sharp to do 225 hours of unpaid work in the community within the next 12 months as a direct alternative to prison.